![]() She was arranging a rail ticket to Portugal from where she intended to sail to Britain. On a searing day in late August 1940, whilst travelling through Spain, (also a fascist state headed up by General Franco), but supposedly neutral, Virginia came into contact with George Bellows at Irun Station. ![]() Whether we realise it at the time or not, momentous meetings, ideas or realisations can occur during mundane activities leading us to explore our potential and tread the path leading towards our destiny…Ĭertainly with Virginia this was the case. When we take the time to reflect upon our lives a realisation emerges: it becomes apparent that the most pivotal, life-changing moments often arise from the most prosaic ones. ![]() “Those of us who had the chance of meeting her ‘in action’… could never forget this very remarkable figure of the Resistance army.” ~ Count Arnaud de Vogue (Colonel Colomb) ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |